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Biggest barbel, 9lb 5oz and chub 4lb 8oz. All good sized fish and very enjoyable day.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

Having persevered with the float for a few hours we eventually conceded there was a bit too much pace and colour. Moving to the feeder produced immediate results and we ended the day on 9 barbel to 7lbs and 2 chub.
As ever this is a very well looked after beat and has a great head of fish.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

A hard day with only 1 barbel of 7.5lb caught.

1 Barbel

Caught 3 grayling on a pink shrimp and a squirrel flash back nymph. I parked at the top of the beat with the plan to walk to the bottom and fish up. I found my way blocked by either treacherous wading or steep banks and vegetation. Fell in a couple of times.

3 Grayling

The river looked in good condition after the rain. 1 barbel 3 chub.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 x 12" grayling on a weighted nymph, 4 x 8-10" grayling on dry fly (Klinkhammer with pink body) and one graylet plus 4 takes not brought to hand. Water running high and fast but clear and not too many leaves - only fished the two main pools .

6 Grayling

8 x grayling 10-14 inches, 11 x out of season trout 6-15 inches, wet flies, mostly Red Tag. A dark day with a big wind blowing, though warm. The Irfon has been fishable since yesterday, although there is still a big push of cold water coming down and a million leaves in the river to snag your flies (don't try and cast them off; your leader will turn into a birds nest). Not much rising and not much doing with the dry fly. A client did better at Cefnllysgwynne yesterday with a dozen to 16 inches.

8 Grayling

Arriving early again we walked up to the very top end of the beat, baiting up a couple swims just after the woodland. We settled in the swims the far end of the field and fished for a few hours. No luck until early afternoon when 2 barbel were banked in quick succession, 5.08 and 7.12. Moved up to the pre-baited swims, again fishing for a couple hours with no success. Finally the rod wrenched around to what turned out to be an incredible fight with a barbel weighing 9.06. So nearly the magic double!! We moved back down towards the car and the lower half of the beat. Fished up until dark, unfortunately losing what felt like another specimen sized barbel. Nevertheless a good day was had on a river under challenging conditions. All fish fell to groundbait feeder and pellet or meat.
On a slighly more negative note, we did notice 2 small (2-3lb) barbel dead in the water in the shallow cattle drink at the top of the beat. Nothing suspicious I'm sure, but maybe worth other anglers keeping an eye out in the near future.

3 Barbel

Short session 2-5pm. Two fine conditioned Barbel netted, both about 8lbs. Great fight from both fish. Unhooked both in the water, 5 mins recovery in the net and release. Fantastic. Caught on Hinders Ellipse dumbells with PVA bags filled with various sized pellets and doused in Ellipse oil. Will be back on the water for a longer session tomorrow.

2 Barbel